The Lone Flag

The Lone Flag: Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II, a 2014 nonfiction English language book published by Hong Kong University Press, is a memoir by John Pownall Reeves, who from 1941 to 1946 served as the British consul residing in Macau.

Colin Day and Richard Garrett edited the published work, and the volume also includes an essay written by David Calthorpe about Reeves.

[2] Reeves wrote his memoirs in 1946, starting his efforts while engaging in his "home leave", and continuing whilst serving for the Foreign Office in Rome, Italy.

[2] Day wrote that "It is believed that the main body of the memoir was hand-written and then typed by a secretary, probably in Rome.

[2] Purves wrote "So don’t purchase this memoir for tales of hugger-mugger, but The Lone Flag nevertheless gives an interesting picture of wartime life in a theatre which has previously received almost no attention.